Assamese, also known by its endonyms Asamiya or Oxomiya, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language. It was designated a classical Indian language by the Government of India on 3 October 2024, on account of its antiquity and literary traditions.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2011 estimate, first-language (L1) speakers. RegionNortheast India - Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland 1 Classification
Official Status Connections
Written In
Assamese is standardly written in the Eastern Nagari (Bengali-Assamese) script.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Assamese Language
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Assamese, also known by its endonyms Asamiya or Oxomiya, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language. It has long served as a lingua franca in parts of Northeast India. It has over 15 million native speakers and 8.3 million second language speakers according to Ethnologue, although this claim is widely disputed by academics, based on census figures. Assamese was designated as a classical Indian language by the Government of India on 3 October 2024 on account of its antiquity and literary traditions.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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Infobox, Speakers
L1: 15 million (2011)
Infobox, Region
Northeast India - Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland
Official status, Assamese entity page
Assamese, also known by its endonyms Asamiya or Oxomiya, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, where it is an official language.
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